how long after?? the nesting instinct??

[Rosa20]

Ok so i know what the nesting instinct is but i was just wondering how long after you get it so you usually go into labour!! ?? Stories about other experiences would be nice girls!! :) :) thanx in advance!!

[drguruncs]

mine kicked into full gear after the morning sickness subsided at about 24 weeks and didn't stop even after I've had my son 2 1/2 months ago. LOL. However, I couldn't dilate past 3 to save my life from 35 weeks to 38.5 weeks. I was outside leveling dirt, planting grass, climbed up a treehouse to get my daughter down from it (she was too scared to climb back down cuz it's high up). I pressure-washed our whole building (CG housing, and each building has 4 units), sidewalk, cleaned my massive truck inside and out. Every nuk n cranny of my home, steam cleaned my carpets, even pulled apart my vacuum and steam cleaner and washed and sanitized those too along with the baby's room and everything was cleaned, reorganized, etc. I felt like the only way the baby would finally come out was if I had EVERYTHING spotless... and I still haven't got over it. LOL. I still have to clean everything. Not a germaphobe by any means, but I feel like if my house is disorganized then I can't think or focus cuz I'm scatterbrained as it is and I don't need any other factors. LOL.

[bimbicat7]

OK for both of my pregnancys that really full on nesting instinct haapened about 3 days before the labour started! and im not talking just a burst of energy im talking serious cleaning!! i was on hands and knees with an old tooth brush scrubbing the outside of the S bend at the back of the toilet!!! LOL i cleaned the car in and out ( althou i had been doing this every week for about the last 3 months! I really went crazy tho i was cleaning places you normally wouldnt even think to clean!!!
3 days later i lost mucus plug and went into labour that day!!
You still have 27 days to go tho!!!!!!!!!thats almost a month! dont panick you will really know when its time, just enjoy the last few weeks and get rest as much as you can!
good luck! xx

[Rosa20]

im just getting really anxious thats all!! I asked because even tho i think im going early i would like him/her to stay in there for as long as he/she wants!! Id personally like to go another week or so...but other then that im sooooooo excited!! I wonder if my nesting last night means im going on the 15th like i said!! lol ??

[ashiepooh]

AHAHA  Rosa, well see!  I bet your baby will be stubborn and not come out on the 15th!  Ahaha, probably give you some horrible contractions and decide to stay in.  

So on the 16th i'm expecting to see a post saying..."Well, i'm still pregnant"
=)

[Rosa20]

lol....you prob will see that!! ANd the post before that willl say im contracting but dont know if its real labour or nott!! lol..if he/she wants to stay in there until im due or a lil before im ok with that to ( i think) lol...i dont know what to think now!! Is babys lungs develpoed now??

[ashiepooh]

lol.....by 36 weeks the babies lungs are fully developed lol!

Alright so on the 15th i'm waiting for this thread..."URGENT!!  I think i'm in labor but not sure!"  lol and the next day  "STILL PREGNANT AND NO CONTRACTIONS!"

not trying to jinx you but that always seems to happen to everyone....CRAZY!  

But you know I hope it happens soon for you, and everyone because I hate seeing people misreable in the last few weeks!  =)